If you use Microsoft server software, somewhere along the way you’ve decided to live with a certain level of security problems for….well, for any number of bad reasons. Security alerts on Microsoft software are so commo
I don’t do a good Nostradamus impression, but I think the release of Google Gears last week will end up being a very big deal. In case you missed the hubbub, Google Gears is “a open source browser extension that lets dev
OSGeo has released its first issue of the OSGeo Journal. From the web site: The OSGeo Journal is a digital publication containing case studies, news, tutorials, project updates and more. With a general aim at promoting,
In the last Google Maps article we looked at customizing the API and adding our own data through a KML file. Now let’s take a look at doing something a bit more interesting, this time using our choice of web mapping API
Penn State’s Department of Geography has made their Open Web Mapping course available online for free. From the course outline: Lesson 1: Introduction to Open Web Mapping Lesson 2: Web Map Servers (WMS) Lesson 3: Web Fea
Quite a while back I did a post on HTML document types. In that post I talked about how important it is to declare your document type to avoid quirks mode and random HTML rendering across browsers (i.e. spaghetti code).
In the jeesh-another-one-already category, Service Pack 2 for ArcGIS has been released. This includes service packs for all of the usual suspects - ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, etc.), ArcIMS, ArcGIS Server (inclu
The EPA has released version 4.0 of their BASINS software and data package. From the EPA’s BASINS web site:“Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources” (BASINS) is a multipurpose system that integr
Mecklenburg County and the Visualization Center of UNC Charlotte have partnered to develop a 3D model of Uptown Charlotte.Using a variety of data sources such as building plans (paper - ugh), LIDAR data, oblique photogra